He proclaims, “In proof of this it may be noticed that the Lacedaemonians do not invade our country alone, but bring with them all their confederates.” (DWP, p. 58). But we see stark contrast to Pericles speech when the army of Athens arrives at Melians shores and orders them to surrender to Athens although Melians wanted to remain neutral and join neither the Spartans nor the Athenians. But the Athenian army simply dismisses the Melians request to remain independent and neutral and instead forcefully drives them out of their territory. This egotistical act of Athenians towards Melians obliterates Pericles claims of liberality. And even further the main argument that Athenians use in conquering Melians is in irony with Pericles speech which reads as such, “ And it is not as if we were the first to make this law, or to act upon it when made: we found it existing before us, and shall leave it to exist for ever after us; all we do is to make use of it, knowing that you and everybody else, having the same power as we have, would do the same as we do….” (DWP, p. 62). If Athens and Athenians were in fact just and fair, as Pericles claims then the latter part of the argument where they say, “and shall leave it to exist for ever after us” (DWP, p. 62) should have been done away with.…